The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade*-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade*-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The tables show how farmers from five
countries
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(
UK
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,
Switzerland
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,
Denmark
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, Belgium,
Sweden
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) should pay an
official
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agreed fair price based on the
sales
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of
coffee
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and
bananas
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in 1999 and 2004. Explained in millions of
euros
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.
Overall
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, there is a
slightly different
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in the growth rates of
Coffee
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and
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Bananas
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banana
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sales
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.
For the
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The
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sales
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of
Coffee
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from 1999 to 2004
showing
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showed
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an
increase
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in all of the European
countries
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. Meanwhile, for
sales
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of
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Bananas
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Bananas,
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only 3
countries
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show
the
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an
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increase
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of
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in
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the
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apply
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sales
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(
Switzerland
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,
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the Uk
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Uk
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UK
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, Belgium) and for
Sweden
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and
Denmark
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the
sales
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are
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apply
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decrease
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decreased
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. The
sales
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of
fairtrade-labelled
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fair trade-labelled
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coffee
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, from 5
countries
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, it can be seen that in 1999
Switzerland
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had the highest
sales
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, followed by
Denmark
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, 3,000
euros
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and 1,800
euros
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respectively. But in 2004 we can see that the
increase
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of
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in
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the
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apply
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coffee
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sales
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in
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UK
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the UK
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was significant,
therefore
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UK
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the UK
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become
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became
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the highest
sales
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of
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Coffee's
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Coffee
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fairtrade
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Fairtrade
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with a number of 20,000
euros
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. Both the lowest
sales
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of
Coffee
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in 1999 and 2004
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are
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the country of
Sweden
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, only 800
euros
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and 1,000
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). For the fairtrade of
the
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apply
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Banana's
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Banana
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sales
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,
Switzerland
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become
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had
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the upmost
sales
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in 1999 and 2004 with
the
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apply
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numbers
reach
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reaching
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15,000
euros
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and 47,000
euros
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, respectively. In 2004
Bananas
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still
become
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became
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a favorite
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favorite
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favourite
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, proven by the significant
increase
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in the
sales
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of
the
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apply
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Bananas
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(up to 4 times higher). In the
mean time
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meantime
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, in
Sweden
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and
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Denmark
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Denmark,
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the consumer preferences
of
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for
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Bananas
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are declining, only 1,000
euros
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and 900
euros
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, each.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words countries, uk, switzerland, denmark, sweden, sales, coffee, bananas, euros, increase with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "show" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "significant" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Fairtrade-labelled
  • sales figures
  • percentage increase/decrease
  • European countries
  • sales volume
  • notable trend
  • exponential growth
  • moderate rise
  • marked decline
  • comparative analysis
  • economic factors
  • consumer preferences
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